Landsat Looks at the Moon

Two Earth-observing satellites turned to watch a lunar eclipse, revealing dramatic and uneven temperature changes across our closest celestial neighbor.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and Matthew Montanaro/GSFC/RIT. Visible images (Nikon DSLR photographs) by Matthew Montanaro/GSFC/RIT. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 5, 2022
Data acquired May 16, 2022

Sources:

Landsat 8 > TIRS

Landsat 9 > TIRS-2

Photograph